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''[[A Game of Chance]]'' is a comic opera in one act by Seymour Barab.

==The original text==

Set in a garden with a bench, a Representative, the eternal messenger of fate, brings to each of three young women her dearest wish: One would like to be wealthy; one would like to be famous; and one would like to have a lover in her life. Each discovers she has not asked for enough: the rich woman misses real friends; the famous author yearns for love; and the third young woman finds marriage a tedious chore. Even the Representative is dissatisfied with his life: He needs an assistant to help him with his tough job. The moral of this comic opera: We all want too much or too little.

''Game of Chance'' premiered in January, 1957 at the Augustana College Opera Workshop, in Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois.

==Translations and adaptations==

==Performance history of the opera in South Africa==
1976: Presented by [[PACOFS Opera]].

==Sources==
https://www.concordtheatricals.co.uk/p/15172/game-of-chance

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